What CS39 and CS41 allow you to do?

[Arctostaphylos uva-ursi]

I think you need to speak to your employer to find out whether the CS41 is a company requirement or necessary for insurance purposes. If not, tell your friend to take a long walk...

[Stuart Phillips]

With all these things, the term "license to practice" is a little misleading. As has been said, the ticket doesn't define the skill set, it only serves to show that at a given time, on the day, to the satisfaction of the assessor, you met the standard required.

 

Within the legislation, there is no requirement for any qualification to do any of these tasks. The requirement is that the operative is "adequately trained", and the qualification is usually taken as a way of demonstrating this. However, if the industry has moved on, and the qualification content not kept pace, as might be seen to be the case over the use of SRT, does the qualification always indicate that the person was 'adequately trained'?

 

And yes, when there is a issue, you want everyone to be up to date on aerial rescue!

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Within the legislation, there is no requirement for any qualification to do any of these tasks. The requirement is that the operative is "adequately trained", and the qualification is usually taken as a way of demonstrating this.

 

However, to clarify, the PUWER - ACOP (Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations - Approved Code of Practice), compliance with which is deemed to satisfy the associated legislation, does indeed refer to"chainsaw qualifications" and further the latest version (Nov. 2014) actually lists them.

 

This reinforces the need to attain the relevant qualifications I would suggest.

 

Cheers,

Paul

[Stuart Phillips]

Spot on Paul. The PUWER ACOP "gives practical advice on how to comply with the law. If you follow the advice in the ACOP you will be doing enough to comply with the law in respect of those specific matters on which the Code gives advice." ( the quals are listed in para 137 for those that want to see what are considered high risk operations)

The ACOP says, "a worker should have received appropriate training and obtained a relevant certificate of competence or national qualification". In case of prosecution, the questions are 'What training was received', and 'how recently'.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

( the quals are listed in para 137 for those that want to see what are considered high risk operations)

 

Sorry Stuart, taking up too much of your time today

 

The definition of 'high risk' activities, relatively speaking, is mis-leading perhaps but it relates to some other aspect of training does it not, e.g. those activities that require independent assessment? (it includes level 2 cross-cutting)

 

Cheers,

Paul

[Stuart Phillips]

Its worth looks at the lists of quals in the ACOP, as they have the quals for high risk operations as well as lower risk operations.

[bob]

Anyone can be in charge of a site though to supervise an unqualified person in preparation for training or assessment they should hold the qual

39 is free fall 002108 new number though does cover using a sling to assist and a tag line to assist as long as free fall

41 is rope lowering 002109 new number